Question

there is 3/4 of a box of cereal remaining. you eat 2/5 of the remaining cereal. what fraction of the box do you eat?

Answer 1

You have to multiply the two fractions by each other:


`(3)/(4) * (2)/(5)`

you mupliply the nominator and denominator separately:


`(3*2)/(4*5)`

which is


`(3)/(2*5)`


which is finally


`(3)/(10)`


so you ate

`(3)/(10)` or 0.3 of the box!